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THE OLD WIVES' PRAYER by ROBERT HERRICK

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First Line: HOLY-ROOD COME FORTH AND SHIELD
Last Line: BY THE TIME THE COCKS FIRST CROW.
Holy-Rood come forth and shield
Us i'th' Citie, and the Field:
Safely guard us, now and aye,
From the blast that burns by day;
And those sounds that us affright
In the dead of dampish night.
Drive all hurtfull Feinds us fro,
By the Time the Cocks first crow.



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